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Materials in this folder include telegrams, memoranda, a newspaper article, and correspondence between President John F. Kennedy, Assistant Special Counsel to the President Lee C. White, various members of the White House staff, and individual citizens concerning racially motivated violence and racial segregation in educational institutions, with specific emphasis on schools in Prince Edward County, Virginia and the admission of student James Meredith at the University of Mississippi.

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Materials in this folder include telegrams, memoranda, a newspaper article, and correspondence between President John F. Kennedy, Assistant Special Counsel to the President Lee C. White, various members of the White House staff, and individual citizens concerning racially motivated violence and racial segregation in educational institutions, with specific emphasis on schools in Prince Edward County, Virginia and the admission of student James Meredith at the University of Mississippi.

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